>> reporter: norah, you cannot miss the national guard on d.c. streets, but here, just outside the white house, what you can't miss is this growing crowd of peaceful protesters. this is a larger crowd than we saw yesterday. violators could face arrest. a seventh day of protests nationwide brought no rest for those demanding change. thousands filling the streets from new york to los angeles.

in george floyd's home town of houston, crowds gathered at city hall. >> i feel like this can definitely make a change because there are people of all races and colors out here. >> don't shoot! >> reporter: in washington, a huge peaceful demonstration back outside the white house... ( explosion ) ...as controversy swirls over monday night's use of force. that's a flash bang. all right, so, we are just minutes away from d.c.'s 7:00 curfew. you heard the flash bang. that is an attempt to clear the crowd out. troubling video shot by wjla tv shows officers roughing up an australian news crew, prompting calls for an investigation by the prime minister. and overnight, this bizarre scene: a military medevac helicopter hovering low over a crowd as if to literally blow them away. about 100 demonstrators avoided arrest for violating d.c.'s curfew by rushing into this home at the invitation of its owner. >> i started grabbing people and

just saying, "get in." i mean, they were decimating the crowd here, that was doing nothing. they were looking for a fight. >> reporter: in minneapolis, where floyd died in police custody, the night passed peacefully. today, minnesota's governor announced the filing of a civil rights lawsuit against the city's police department. >> if this is not an inflection point to change that, this will come back again, if it's not addressed. >> reporter: six atlanta police officers are now facing assault charges after tasing a college student and pulling another out of a car window during a traffic stop saturday. and, police became targets in several cities. a las vegas police officer is on life support after being shot in the head. a driver hit this n.y.p.d. officer and took off in the bronx. and, four st. louis officers were shot amid unrest. >> thank god they're alive. they're alive. but-- can we make some sense out of this? >> reporter: but there are signs of healing the divide. police march with demonstrators in indianapolis. >> take a knee!

>> reporter: and in phoenix, knelt as a symbol of solidarity, also mourning. today the mother of floyd's six- year-old daughter gianna spoke through tears. >> i want justice for him because he was good, no matter what anybody thinks. >> reporter: one big change overnight-- now, between the demonstrators here at the white house lafayette park, there is now an eight-foot fence that has been put up. if you go down the street, you will run into the d.c. police, they're in their regular uniforms on bicycles waiting there out. norah. >> o'donnell: kris van cleave, just outside the white house grounds. thank you, kris. tonight president trump is t tonight, president trump is taking credit for what he calls the domination of d.c. streets by police and military forces. earlier, he made another visit to a prominent place of worship, and for a second straight day drew a sharp rebuke from religious leaders. cbs' paula reid is at the white

house live tonight. paula. >> reporter: norah, those religious leaders are accuseing the president of using houses of worship for photo opportunities while not si socius countrnspireotts as ( booing ) >> reporter: president trump was met with more protests on his only outing of the day-- to a washington shrine honoring pope john paul ii. archbishop wilton gregory issued a rare public rebuke of the visit. citing last night's use of force to clear protesters, he called it "baffling and reprehensible that any catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused." president trump praised last night's overwhelming force and domination, releasing a campaign-style video of his widely criticized walk across lafayette park for a picture in front of st. john's church, while holding a bible. cbs news has learned the president wanted to make the visit as a show of strength,

after reports that he was hiding in a bunker during friday's protests. attorney general bill barr, who was seen inspecting the police line, helped devise the plan. today, the reverend george gilbert stood in the same spotbf demonstrators using stun guns, pepper balls, and smoke canisters. >> we stand today outraged with president trump's use of the military against peaceful protesters. >> reporter: former democratic presidential contender cory booker said he was sorry he wasn't there. >> if donald trump wants to gas someone, next time, start right here. if he wants to shoot somebody with our federal officials, with rubber bullets, start right here. >> reporter: the president has flooded washington, d.c. with over 2,500 national guard to bolster security around the white house, and the administration is considering deploying additional resources to states like oregon, where they feel the protests have not been adequately controlled.

according to the "new york times," the justice department considered taking over the d.c. police department, but did not follow through. several hundred active-duty military personnel, called up by the president, are staging outside the city. tonight the president announced he will move the republican national convention out of north carolina where it was scheduled to be held in august. after the state's democratic governor could not guarantee that thousands of g.o.p. delegates would be allowed to safely attend during the coronavirus. one possible location, nashville. norah. >> o'donnell: big news tonight, paula, thank you. tonight new curfew orders are in effect in the nation's largest city. tonight, new curfew orders are in effect in the nation's largest city. more than 700 people were arrested in new york city monday night during an outbreak of widespread looting. cbs' jericka duncan was on the

street when the chaos erupted and tonight she's in time square. jericka. >> reporter: good evening, norah. we are hearing the sounds of another group of protesters getting closer to this area in times square. tonight defiance as thousands of protesters remained on new york streets marching past the city's 8:00 p.m. curfew. they were confronted by police officers at the ready. earlier this evening, we saw doctors and nurses who came from the front lines of fighting the pandemic to protest lines, including dr. cunningham. do you agree with implementing the curfew tonight? >> i do think that there needs to be law and order for sure. i'm worried about people getting hurt and the safety of people along with damage to the communities, but i absolutely understand the frustration people feel. >> reporter: the president is calling on the national guard to intervene. new york city mayor says no way. >> someone needs a history lesson. when outside armed forces go

into communities no good comes of it. >> reporter: today, we asked those protesting peacefully through the streets of new york if they feel safe. >> are they going to protect us? are they going to hit us with rubber bullets? like, what are we going to expect, you know? >> reporter: different citieare. in philadelphia, police are using aggressive tactics to break up some protests. while just across the river in camden, new jersey, a more subtle approach. >> you have to meet with people in the absence of crisis. >> reporter: camden county police captain zsakheim james, marching highly visible. >> people have a right to be angry and be angry at the police. we haven't always stood up to our mottoes to protect and serve. this is a tense moment in our country right now. >> reporter: directly behind me, >> reporter: you see the police lined up there. just a few moments ago we heard officers telling other officers to make sure they have their hard hats on. again, it seemed as though the curfew was working and

protestors left but, at this hour, we're hearing the loud crowd about two blocks away from here. so we'll continue to cover this story. norah. >> o'donnell: all right. jericka there in new york city tonight. thank you. after staying close to home for months during the pandemic, today joe biden went to philadelphia to address the anger over the death of george floyd and to blast president trump for, in biden's words, turning the country into a battlefield. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: speaking outside his home state of delaware for the first time since march, former vice president joe biden today invoked the final words of george floyd. >> "i can't breathe. i can't breathe." >> reporter: biden has spoken with floyd's family and is making plans to attend his funeral, according to a familya. with the nation reeling over his death, biden sees an opening. >> the country is crying out for leadership. >> reporter: and he's looking to reset a campaign grounded by the coronavirus. >> ask every american, look at

where we are now and think anew. is this who we are? is this who we want to be? >> reporter: a cbs news poll out today shows biden leads trump's nationally but when asked about biden's response of the past biden's response to events of the past week, many americans say they haven't heard enough to say. just this week, biden prayed with african american leaders and visited the site of a protest. today, he rebuked mr. trump's decision to use the bible as a prop outside st. john's church. >> if he opened it, he could have learned something. >> reporter: the president claims he's make inroads with african american voters, today saying he had done more than any president since lincoln, but biden believes his strong standing with the black community gives him an advantage in this crisis. >> i'll seek to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued our country, not use them for political gain. >> reporter: responding to what president trump said about his success with the black community, biden supporter and south carolina congressman jim clyburn, the most senior black lawmaker in the house, called

the president's remarks, "absolutely just downright stupid." norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. five miles north of the minneapolis intersection where george floyd died is the neighborhood of hawthorn. the national guard was sent there in the summer of 1967 when young african americans rebelled against an unjust power structure. 53 years later, spiritual wounds remain. cbs' jamie yuccas. >> reporter: in the hawthorn neighborhood of north minneapolis, the summer blossoms and quaint porches hide the layers of inequality. pastor edwin williams' sanctuary church has been on a mission of unity for 12 years. do you think racism is deeply rooted in minnesota? >> of course, of course. it's deeply rooted in america. when you run into somebody in the community and they are angry, it's because every single thing that has been set into place that we're told is supposed to help us is working

against us. >> reporter: here, 35% of the community lives below the federal poverty level. 40% are unemployed. the neighborhood has seen unrest before. in 2015, protesters demanded justice for the death of 24- year-old jamar clark, who was shot and killed by police. >> this can't be another band- aid put on this thing. like, this is a real opportunity to actually change the system and if the system can't be changed, then we need to tear the system down. i get it. >> reporter: sandy mcdowell owns sammy's avenue eatery. how do you feel? >> i feel exhausted for our community. >> reporter: the cafe and other stores have signs in their windows that say, "black-owned business," reminiscent of black business owners in detroit doing the same during the 1967 riots. as fires ripped through this weekend, mcdowell feared he could lose everything. still, he sided with protesters. >> a lot of people don't feel like they're destroying their community.

they feel like-- people are angry. and a lot of people get so angry when they hit a wall. this stuff can be replaced. >> reporter: but human life can't. >> it can't. so that's why, to me, there's not-- there's no justice for george. >> reporter: pastor williams sees hope in the protests. >> i'm grateful for people for whom the goal is not just to be a good person but to actually be about equity and justice and equality, because it takes more than simply you being nice to me for us to fix what's broken in our country right now. >> reporter: jamie yuccas, cbs news, minneapolis. >> o'donnell: and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." growing concerns about the spread of coronavirus as the protests force testing sites to shut down. later, how strangers saved the day for a restaurant owner that we met after his business was burned to the ground. now might not be the best time to ask yourself, 'are my bones strong?'

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>> it's up in flames. >> reporter: did you feel like-- "i don't know how i'm going to recover from this?" >> oh, definitely, that ran through my mind so many times, like, "what's next?" >> reporter: but people he didn't even know were pitching in to help. remember that gofundme account? the money was piling up fast, and now four days later, there's more than $1 million in there. incredible. >> incredible. just the love and support of how many people have been reaching out that are willing to help. you know, it just showed that we're going to be okay. we're going to come back stronger than it was before. >> reporter: k.b. said he wants to put the money into a new building, and plans to start a nonprofit to help the community. jeff pegues, cbs news, minneapolis. >> o'donnell: we're going to continue to follow k.b.'s story we'll be right back. 1d tr

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